Speech Category

WinnerHester Mullen (4th year at the University of Edinburgh, Japanese)"Shimokawa, the Vibrant Future City of the Forest: What a Small Japanese Town Can Teach the World"

2nd PlaceYee Ching Chow (4th year at SOAS, University of London, Japanese and Korean)"Negative body image and the influence of media amongst young women in Japan"

3rd PlaceYin Kwan Lao (2nd year at the University of East Anglia, Modern Language(s) with Management Studies)"From Young to Middle-Aged: Aggravating NEET Problem and the Importance of Family Education"

Runners Up (in alphabetical order)Peter Adolfsson (4th year at the University of Edinburgh, Japanese and Linguistics)Mark McPhillips (5th year at the University of Leeds, Chinese and Japanese)Elizabeth Wilder (4th year at the University of Leeds, French and Japanese)

Individual Presentation Category

WinnerEllis Warren (2nd year at SOAS, University of London, Japanese and Economics)"Regarding the British - The British and Racial Tolerance"

Runners Up (in alphabetical order)Merle Kartscher (2nd year at SOAS, University of London, Japanese and Chinese Studies)Junxi Peng (3rd year at Imperial College London, Chemistry with Molecular Physics and a Year in Industry)Adam Powell-Davis (1st year at the University of Oxford, Oriental Studies <Japanese>)

Group Presentation Category

The Excellent Team Players Prize

Friends from Wonderland (University of Bristol)"Alice in Ingurland, North and South"Lewis Rennie-Campbell, Lucy Cross, Alice Fan and Cosmo Radford